18-year-old Chinese Taipei teenager Zhang Youan defeated teammate Guo Guanhong in the top 4 of the 2025 WTT Singapore Junior Grand Slam on the 9th, ending the four-game losing streak, and then reversed South Korea's Kim Jiaen 4:2 in the final to win the U19-year-old men's singles championship and $2,000 bonus. Zhang Youan said happily, "This is the biggest trophy I have won since I was a child, and the prize money is also the highest. ”

Teo Youan defeated South Korea's Kim Ga-eun in the final to win the Singapore Junior Grand Slam U19 Men's Singles title.

This first-ever junior Grand Slam tournament adopts a best-of-7 system, with only 7 points in each game, which also makes the game full of suspense. Zhang Youan and Guo Guanhong started a fateful duel in the top 4, and the two sides fought all the way to the deciding game, and Zhang Youan won 7:3. Zhang Youan said, "Today is still the same as in the past, and I may think more about tactics to win." ”

U19 men's singles world No. 2 Zhang Youan, in the past and ranked 5th Jin Jiaen played against 2-1 to prevail, but this time the start of the game lost 2 games in a row, the game in the 4th game There was a major turn, Jin Jiaen chased from the opening game 2:5 behind to 6 draws, but did not expect that after his own pause, there was a fatal service error, and the game was surrendered, Zhang Youan's morale was greatly boosted after the equalizer, and then he went down two cities in a row to complete the reversal.

"After the timeout, I knew he wanted to change his serve, but I didn't expect to commit suicide, and I felt like I had earned it. For the 7-point system, Zhang Youan said that it is necessary to start quickly as soon as the score is opened, because once the score is pulled away, it is difficult to chase, and the attack and control of the first three boards have also become the key to the decisive victory.